Edward Luckhaus Explained

Edward Luckhaus
Nationality:Polish
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump
Birth Date:31 August 1910
Birth Place:Hlukhiv, Chernigov Governorate, Imperial Russia
Death Place:Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, West Germany

Edward Gustaw Adolf Luckhaus (31 August 1910  - 12 May 1975) was a Polish athlete of German ethnicity. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

During World War II he volunteered to Wehrmacht, fought on the Eastern Front and was taken as prisoner of war, being incarcerated in the POW camp in Gomel.[2] After being released in 1948, he moved to Bavaria, where he lived with his family in Pfaffenhofen near Munich. He worked as a physical education teacher initially in the Benedictine monastery in Scheyern, later at the gymnasium in Pfaffenhofen.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Edward Luckhaus Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lu/edward-luckhaus-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 22 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Luckhaus Edward Gustaw Adolf (1910-1975) . Biografie • Olimpijski.pl . Polski Komitet Olimpijski . Polish Olympic Committee . 23 December 2017.